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APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 192|- Patented July 18, 1922.

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. Application filed May 19,

1o Yall ywhom t may concern:

. Be. it known that We, ROLAND BAXTER TArilon and Lucini);L TAYLOR, citizens of Canadagand residentsv of Melville, Province of `daskatchevanI and Dominion of Canada, have invented a nevv and improved Folder for Prescription Blanks, of which the fol lowing is a description.

Our invention While useful for tiling sheets generally is more particularly intended for the tiling ot prescription blanks.

The general object of `the, invention is to provide a device of the indicated character having novel securing means for the sheets so arranged that large number of sheets can be secured in a small space and compact form as Well as in a manner that all the sheets may be identied by its number, page, or the like.

A. further object of the invention is to provide for the tiling of the sheets With facility and the holding ot the same securely.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing 'forming a part of this specilication, it being understood that the drawing is merely illustrative of examples oia the invention.

Figure l is a plan vieiv ot a tiling device embodying our invention;

.Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2, Figure l; y

Figure 3 is a plan view oi one of the se curing strips partly completed;

Figure l is a fragmentary view of the opposite tace of the strip as shown in Figure l;

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section through the finished strip;

Figure 6 is a plan view with the securing strips disposed parallel with the hinge of the covers instead oi at right angles thereto;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a filing case advantageously employed to hold the folders.

Qur novel sheet-securing means is in practice embodied in a folder comprising covers 10 with an intermediate strip lOL constituting the back ot the folder and hingedly secured to top covers, so that either cover may be folded under the other to permit the complete device to lie substantially Hat.

On one or both covers We provide elongated securing strips ll. Each strip is provided with parallel slits l2, thereby producing sheet holdingl tabs 123, the ends 13a of the tabs being turned under by folding the tabs Specification of LettersPatent. Patented July jig 1922 i 192i. kserial no. 471,001.

along the transverse score line 14, thereby giving -the strip al minimum Width untilthe folded ends 13 are brought outward. The tabs in practice arepreferably provided With an"a'clliesive substance sothat the tabs may be applied to a sheet A simply by meistening. V

A series `of the' strips are provided and these are arrangedin stepped form each beingmounted o-n a base strip l5. T he several base strips l5 are successively'ofless Width from the bottom stripto the top one so that the edge portion of the strip projecting beyond the one above has supplied to it its securing strip ll. By the described arrange ment the maximum number of prescription blanks or other sheets may be accommodated in the folder oi' a minimum total thickness.

The sheets are secured to two separated tongues so that a sheet may be securely held near the top and bottom'.

The successive sheets are secured to successively loWe-r tabs so that the sheets overlap in vertical series :tor exposing their numbers, pages, or symbols, given the sheets to identify individual sheets. Also, by reason of the stepped arrangement of the strips 11 the respective series of sheets will overlap laterally so that the edge portion and identitying symbols of one series will appear be yond the next series above.

The overlapping of the sheets in a series obviously produces the total thickness of the assembled sheets at the central portion of the folder and in order to compensate for this increased thickness, We form each strip ll of a greater thickness at the center and of less thickness toward the ends for which purpose use is made of filling strips 16, 16a, 16h, 16C in any desired number, said filling strips increasing in length from top to bottom of the series as clearly shown in Figure 3. The material forming the strip 1l has a Width to be wrapped about thelilling strips as shown in the cross section, Figure 5.

In Figure 6 We have shown strips l1a secured parallel with the hinge 10c of the covers l0" instead of at right angles as in Figures l and 2. The strips are identical with those described being formed With slits 12a and tabs 13b corresponding in all re spects with the slits and tabs ot the firstdescribed construction.

The tiling case A in which the folders are placed, has an open front a, and on the side lll@ lil:

a rack B to hold a inoistener and pen as Well as curved keepers C to hold bottles of moistening Water or other material. The case is provided with a raised false bottom D with tapering edges. At the topl of theV open front a is a strip E rising above the top surface of the case. In practice, one of the folders is maintained on top of the filing case A readily accessible for the pasting in ot' prescription blanks or the like and as usual with filing systems,4 folders in given number are employed in the case A and as new folders are added the oldest one is removed and placed in the transfer case.

We Wouldstate in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes apractical embodiment of our invention, We do not limit ourselves strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied Without departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, We claim: i

fl. ina device of the class described, a series of strips of varying Widths superimposed in stepped form, each strip presenting a longitudinal series oi' tabs adapted to be secured to the sheets to be held.

2. In aV device of the class described, a sheet-securing strip having tabs along an edge thereof adapted to be applied to the sheets to be secured, said strip being thickest at its central portion and decreasing in thickness toward its ends.

In a device of the class described, a sheet-securing strip having tabs along an edge thereof adapted to be applied to sheets to be secured, and illing strips enfolded in the material of the first strip and of gradually increasing length.

ROLAND BAXTER TAYLOR. LUOINDA TAYLOR. 

